diff --git a/dumux/implicit/box/boxfvelementgeometry.hh b/dumux/implicit/box/boxfvelementgeometry.hh
index dcdcb3352b1c89e29ae08e7db8a25f94c9ddc9ab..bc2b599e7898e097313498aed121ad5595835af0 100644
--- a/dumux/implicit/box/boxfvelementgeometry.hh
+++ b/dumux/implicit/box/boxfvelementgeometry.hh
@@ -642,8 +642,6 @@ public:
         // _BoxFVElemGeomHelper in order to benefit from more aggressive
         // compiler optimizations...
         BoxFVElemGeomHelper::fillSubContVolData(*this, numScv, edgeCoordinates, faceCoordinates);
-        delete[] edgeCoordinates;
-        delete[] faceCoordinates;
 
         // fill sub control volume face data:
         for (int k = 0; k < numScvf; k++) { // begin loop over edges / sub control volume faces
@@ -935,6 +933,9 @@ public:
                     jacInvT.mv(localJac[vIdx][0], subContVol[scvIdx].gradCenter[vIdx]);
             }
         }
+
+        delete[] edgeCoordinates;
+        delete[] faceCoordinates;
     }
 };
 }